Improved washing-machine



SAMUEL G.R1cE,-orALBANY,NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No.' 90,391, dated Mag/25, 1869.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. Riou, of the'city and county of Albany, in the State of N ew York, have invented anew and improved Vashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, makingv part of thisspeciication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machinecoinplete, with the cover raised to expose the slattcd drum.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, taken centrally through the machine,in the vertical plane indicated by red line a: a: i'n iig. 3.

Figure 3 is a section taken horizontally through the machine, in theplane indicated by red line y y, inr

iig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in theseveral figures.

The object of this invention is to employ a rotary slatted drum, whichis adapted for receiving fabrics to be washed within it, and which isconstructed with slats, that present rounded rubbing-surfaces to thefabrics while being washed, and flat lsurfaces to the water, and tocombine with such drum a swivel compresser, which is arranged upon acentral shaft in the drum, and so construct-ed that it will operate topress the fabrics outwardly against the rubbing-surfaces of the slats,and to prevent the fabrics from gathering into a ball, as will behereinafter explained. i

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying dra-wings, A represents the wash-box, which ismounted upon legs C C, provided with a hinged cover, B, and constructedwith a concave bottom.

Within this box A is a slatted drum, consisting of solio circular headsD D, and fixed slats a c', which slats are constructed with their inneredges rounded and their outer edges sharp, thus presenting dat sides tothe water, for directing it forcibly toward the centre of the drum, asthis drum is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows in lig. 2.

The slats are arranged tangential to a circle described within thecircumference of the heads, and, as the drum is rotated, theirl'uife-edge form allows them to cut through the water freely, and directthe currents inwardly through the fabrics contained in the drum, andagainst the blades g of arms G, which are placed loosely upon a centralshaft, E.

TheV slats a' are applied to and secured between two segments, F, whichare hinged, at l1, to the heads D, and constitute a door for closingtheLopening through which the fabrics are introduced into and removedfromA the drum.

lhe buttons p will keep said slatted door shut.

'lhe shaft E is arranged in the centre of the drum, and secured to itsheads, and upon this shaft arms G (i are loosely placed, whichareconneoted by blades y y, placed obliquely to the axis of shaft E.

The arms G, and their blades g, constitute what-.I shall denominate acompresser, which serves a twofold purpose, to wit, il; separates thefabrics in the drum, and prevents t-hem from gathering into ,a ball orroll,

and it also operates to keep the fabrics against the,

rounded rubbing-surfaces of the slats a a', during the washingl orcleansiiig-operation.

This compresser will also interrupt the currents of Y water which areforcibly directed into the drum by the Vslats a. a',and thereby assistin the cleansing-operation.

The drum 'is centrally' hung, by thc bearing h-on one side, and by acrank-shaft j, applied on the oppor site side.

The hearing h. is flanged, and reduced at its inner end, i, and secured,by its flange, tothe box A, as shown in iig. 3.

The shaft-j carries a crank, J, on' one end, and its 'ters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement of a compresser, G g, loosely within a slatted drum,so as to operate substantially as described.

2. The dnble-bevelled and rounded-edge blades or slats a, arrangedaround a swivelling blade, g, substantially as described.

SAMUEL G. RICE.

Witnesses:

WM. C. SoHUYLnR, HARMAN T. VANDERZEE.

